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Local digest: Civil War historian speaks at roundtable; 4-H Robotics Club meets

Updated:
01/02/2013 12:03:47 PM EST

CHAMBERSBURG - Civil War historian Kevin Bender will speak at the 7 p.m. Tuesday meeting of Cumberland Valley Civil War Roundtable in the community room of Franklin Fire Company, 70 N. Franklin St.

"A Box From Home" will be the topic. By drawing heavily upon period letters and diaries, including many by soldiers from south central Pennsylvania, Bender will discuss how a box from the homefront was prepared, what it contained and how it served a source of goods that supplemented what was issued by the army or provided goods that a soldier was unable to purchase.

A past president of the Shippensburg Area Civil War Roundtable, Bender is active with the Atlantic Guard Soldiers' Aid Society, a living history group that portrays the average citizens of the American Civil War era. He has a degree in history from Shippensburg University.

If you're age 14 to 18 and like to learn about electrical and mechanical engineering, computer programming and team building skills such as web design, etc., you may attend. Members will be participating in FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), based on a six-week design and build session where teams are given a kit of parts and a game-like task to perform. Participants will enter the robot in a regional competition in March. One does not have to be a 4-H member to join.

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For more information, contact Jason Goetz at 263-9226 or jjg300@psu.edu.